Just to play devils advocateImagine if this was a catalyst for Gabby to snap out of the pathetic malaise he has been in, gets himself as fit as a butchers dog and became the player he was and roars us back to the Premiership. As people have said Vardy is the same age. A gabby of 5 years ago would rip the championship defences apartWould all be forgiven?
Lerner is to blame to a degree though, that summer, if we had of had any money to spend do you think the manager wouldn't have replaced Gabby with someone else if he had the chance? We spent a pittance that summer .
Quote from: Hookeysmith on April 15, 2016, 08:19:27 AMJust to play devils advocateImagine if this was a catalyst for Gabby to snap out of the pathetic malaise he has been in, gets himself as fit as a butchers dog and became the player he was and roars us back to the Premiership. As people have said Vardy is the same age. A gabby of 5 years ago would rip the championship defences apartWould all be forgiven?No. I'm sick of him. Get rid.
Quote from: aj2k77 on April 15, 2016, 07:31:53 AMLerner is to blame to a degree though, that summer, if we had of had any money to spend do you think the manager wouldn't have replaced Gabby with someone else if he had the chance? We spent a pittance that summer .That fact that we didn't buy another striker is hardly the reason why he's put on weight.
Quote from: Clampy on April 15, 2016, 08:34:41 AMQuote from: aj2k77 on April 15, 2016, 07:31:53 AMLerner is to blame to a degree though, that summer, if we had of had any money to spend do you think the manager wouldn't have replaced Gabby with someone else if he had the chance? We spent a pittance that summer .That fact that we didn't buy another striker is hardly the reason why he's put on weight.Learner is to blame for the vast majority of what's wrong at Villa but allowing a star asset to become unfit is down to the coaches surely??
I think it shouldn't have been made public, it should have been kept in house and sorted out behind closed doors. We've had to put up with enough embarrassment over the last 6 years and another story like this is all we need. Feck me this is the sort of nonsense that used to happen to Small Heath much to our amusement but now it's us that are the butt of everyone's jokes. It has to stop.
I was wondering if we could use Gabby as bait to lure a better, fitter, less insubordinate player into our squad. Do the rules allow us to offer him on loan at bargain rates for a favourable outright purchase of a target player? I hear a lot of good reports about Mahlon Romeos of Millwall. Could we throw in Gabby on loan to them if they sold us Romeos? A sprat to catch a mackerel or prat if you prefer.